Coloring "Mo" 3 Ways

Mo Manning to the paper craft world is what Maruice Sendak is to children's books...masters! Well, that's my humble opinion anyway! I just love coloring Mo's digital images!
thanks to Mel for the analogy!

I have 3 to share today, all done with a different coloring medium... just for fun!

This one is called Making Cards (perfect right?! lol). Done for the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast.
I hadn't used my Prismacolor pencils in a while and after seeing an example on Mo's blog, I had to try!

I use baby oil to blend my Prismas. And I did cheat just a little with her crayons..I used Copics on those, they were so tiny! The layer that the image is on is "faux cardstock"... it's white cs colored with a Copic marker to match the color of her tutu! You never have to worry if you don't have the right shade for layers this way! *wink*

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This next one was for the Inspiration challenge on Splitcoast. Here is the piece I used for my inspiration.

I knew as soon as I saw it I had to use Bronte again!

This one is "Bronte and Louis". It's colored with Copics. To achieve the the patchwork background, I started by drawing my lines with a fine tip artist pen and ruler. For the center area behind Bronte and Louis, I masked it off using sticky notes before coloring.
The white lines were made with an Elmer's Painty pen.

Layered on another piece of Georgia Pacific white (yes, the cheap stuff from SAMS!) and then on black from Hollo's (paper by the pound! $1.25! yeah baby!!)  The card measures 4.25x4.5.

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Watercoloring is something I haven't done on digitals. Would the printer ink bleed? Had to try! It did want to bleed a little, so what to do? I have a can of Krylon fixitive...another why not try it! It worked like a charm!! Hmmm, that will definitely be used on all my digital work from now on!

This one is one of Mo's newer images, "Young Love". This was a double challenge. Mo's MDP #12, cards and projects that represent a "New Beginning"... so what's that?  Well, it can mean a new baby, the New Year, a new job, new home, or anything else that you decide is 'new'.
And the Technique Challenge on Splitcoast, Paper Quilting. One thing I don't do is quilt!!

This one is watercolored with Caran d' ache crayons and a waterbrush. The "quilted" piece is faux stitched DCWV Once Upon a Time. There's my faux cardstock layers again with Copic V17, Amethyst and Spellbinders Labels 2.
The stitching on the Spellbinders Labels 3 is real stitching, doubled button hole thread.
The sentiment is computer generated.

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So, there you have it...3 different ways to color. Copics are still my first choice (I'm lazy! they're so easy!!) Hope you've enjoyed my post today.

Thanks for stopping!

Dawn